雞犬升天 jī quǎn shēng tiān

lit. poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3. Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4. Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it

Characters

Character Meaning
雞 jī
chicken; fowl; (slang) prostitute
犬 quǎn HSK 6
dog; Kangxi radical 94
升 shēng HSK 5
to ascend; to promote; to rise in rank
天 tiān HSK 1
day; sky; heaven